Sunday, August 25, 2013

Review: Twist (Mageri #2) by Dannika Dark

Months after moving to the mysterious city of Cognito, Silver is developing her gifts as a Mage, and learning how to live under new laws. Forced to give up her old life, she must now live in secret among the humans. She finally has hope of leading an ordinary life . . . until Logan Cross walks into it.

Their chance meeting leads her close to discovering the identity of the nameless Mage who once stole her light and discovered the unique power she possesses. That knowledge poses an unimaginable threat to Silver, fueling her search to find out who he is, before he finds her first.

Lives are at stake. Truths are revealed. And an unexpected passion ignites.

Twist, the second book in the Mageri series, was just as fantastic as the first book! Although a very big threat was eliminated in the previous book, a bigger, badder one still remains and he succeeds at bringing forth more torture on Silver this time around. Dannika Dark is amazing at creating bad guys that literally make your blood boil! Seriously, I'm going to need some anxiety meds if she keeps this up (I say this lovingly of course! Bring on the bad guys!).

Silver has more room to come into her own in this book, which I love. She's no longer under the control of her heinous Maker, and she continues to learn more from her hard-edged but caring Ghuardian, Justus. Silver gets stronger every day, emotionally and physically, and this is a chick that can really hold her own, even if she is a little naive at times. I really respect her character and I find myself rooting for her constantly, especially through the times in which she refuses not to be broken. She has a lot of "Oh crap!" moments, but her tenacity and strong will guides her through--with the help of her sassy sarcasm of course!

In this book we have the introduction of one of my absolute FAVORITE and swoon-worthy male characters EVER: Logan Cross. Good golly, y'all, Dannika Dark should include a complimentary fan with every purchase of this book because you will most definitely need it whenever this man is present! Whew. Logan is a Chitah, which is another Breed of supernatural. He is NOT to be messed with! Logan and Silver get off to a rocky and sort of confusing start, especially since their first encounter sends all kinds of mixed signals Silver's way. Logan is dangerous, predatory, but also incredibly sexy and highly protective of Silver. As Silver gets to know him better, he truly proves just how loyal he is to her. Their attraction is electric (pun intended?) and it practically jumps off of the pages of the book to smack you right in the face. Yeah, it's that intense! Mr. Cross has completely melted my heart, and I love his pet nicknames for Silver! So cute!

There are several other characters that get introduced in this novel that I enjoyed as well. I'm very interested in all of the different Breeds and it was nice to get an introduction to some of them on a more intimate level. I adore Levi, Logan's brother--he's hilarious! I was also incredibly pumped to have Sunny, Silver's best friend, back in the picture. She's a pistol!

As this book came to a close and Silver and her friends found out more about the man who threatens more than just her existence, bonds become stronger and the people Silver cares about come together to fight this enemy. Things are definitely going to continue to heat up for Silver but at least she doesn't have to stand alone. I'm sure the next book will be filled with more butt-kicking and revelation-revealing. I can't wait!

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